We did it because no Safety equipment was Available All Companies were the same. Balfor Beatty B.I.C.C. Watcham's J S cott. JL Eves. Hawker Sidley Power..
The funny thing is that working at height regulations were not introduced until 2005,we free climbed up the leg wearing a harness and attached when we stopped. We started clipping to the leg when we climbed up in 1996.
When you see old film of anything construction related its always the same. Not sure where the idea of wearing a suit and formal shoes on a building site came from.
'Now let's see, I need to get up this massive pylon. What will I need? Tweed jacket and trouser? Cigarettes? Check and check. There, that ought to be sufficient' 'But what about this big bag of fucks?' 'Fucks? No I won't be needing those today, thank you'.......(strolls up pylon)
I firmly believe in the safety regulations and procedures and adherence thereof, however I've heard that the accident rate wasn't high as everyone was extremely focused on what they were doing, obviously would have been better to have the regulations in place back then.
We didn't think we were Hard then. The job had to be be done Health and Safety was a foreign Word. We did loose a couple of Men on each Job but that was Acceptable We had to double check everything we did.
I was the Guest of Balfour Beatty upgrading a 275kv Transmission Line I built in the 1960s I was pleasantly surprised to see the level of Safety now. Its taking a long time to progress, But I suppose its worth it. We lost two Linesmen on that Job. !!
@@patbaxter6588when lives are getting lost it’s a different story. I’ve not long left Balfour working with Morrison energy now. Not many men would climb the way you did so hat off too you mate!
Wellingtons, suit and forward! Gumaki, marynarka i do przodu!
Health and safety today would have a stroke seeing how those guys work. You really got to admire them for doing all that with no safety equipment.
This was roughly 20 years before the HSE was formed
@@AluminumOxide many deaths, thats the reason
Yes. Now it’s required to tie off at something like two meters above ground at all times.
All worth implementing though. A lot of children ended up not losing their father, and they’d never know.
We did it because no Safety equipment was Available All Companies were the same. Balfor Beatty B.I.C.C. Watcham's J S cott. JL Eves. Hawker Sidley Power..
No harness, just climbing up, in a suit. Fantastic
Thats the way we did It in the 50/60s No safety harnnes No hats.
Balls of steel!
No harnesses!!!!
Today this would be considered unthinkable but it was just the norm back then.
These pylons are still there just north of Basingstoke
The funny thing is that working at height regulations were not introduced until 2005,we free climbed up the leg wearing a harness and attached when we stopped. We started clipping to the leg when we climbed up in 1996.
It's interesting how they're working in practically suits & ties.
When you see old film of anything construction related its always the same. Not sure where the idea of wearing a suit and formal shoes on a building site came from.
May be because this work was a high tech back then. Or they just wear it for the filming.
@@oddities-whatnot That's just what people wore generally
@@oddities-whatnot it was their old suits they wore when they got a new suit.
'Now let's see, I need to get up this massive pylon. What will I need? Tweed jacket and trouser? Cigarettes? Check and check. There, that ought to be sufficient'
'But what about this big bag of fucks?'
'Fucks? No I won't be needing those today, thank you'.......(strolls up pylon)
and wellies
As a korean transmission line worker, I respect them. Hard job!
But they even don't take the safety equipment at all.
The coloring job is very good, this was black and white originally
I wanna ride the cable chair!
Amazing! No PPE! No fall protection, weather considered? Rain, thunder and lightning? OMG!
Our generations are so soft compared to these men, wellies, tweed jacket (done up), climbing all over that pylon like it was nothing. Amazing.
We die much less frequently at work.
I firmly believe in the safety regulations and procedures and adherence thereof, however I've heard that the accident rate wasn't high as everyone was extremely focused on what they were doing, obviously would have been better to have the regulations in place back then.
these men are In the oxford english dictionary, under HARD
We didn't think we were Hard then. The job had to be be done Health and Safety was a foreign Word. We did loose a couple of Men on each Job but that was Acceptable We had to double check everything we did.
These brave men do not have a hard het amongst them.
We did it this way in the 1960s No Heath and Safety to hold us up.
Doug Giddiss has lost a huge amount of weight judging by his belt!
Only things missing are the top hat and cane.
And Sean O'Malley climbed the tower, then down and up the insulator, IN WELLIE BOOTS!
That's the way we did it in the 1960s.
Balls of unobtainium - not a single safety harness clipped on anywhere.😳
No safety ropes. What fun.
This is the pylon that the boy dies electrocuted in Powerful stuff
how did the camera get up there, do u think they handed it to one of the workers?
The stuff I need to wear now compared to this 😂
That was the way we did it in the 1960s Health and Safety would have double or Trebled the time taken.
I was the Guest of Balfour Beatty upgrading a 275kv Transmission Line I built in the 1960s I was pleasantly surprised to see the level of Safety now. Its taking a long time to progress, But I suppose its worth it. We lost two Linesmen on that Job. !!
@@patbaxter6588when lives are getting lost it’s a different story. I’ve not long left Balfour working with Morrison energy now. Not many men would climb the way you did so hat off too you mate!
I would shit myself!!
Just was getting good 👍
The “sons” of Fred Dibnah. Horrendous risk taking. But admirable all the same.
So much for health and safety 😂 wellies and t shirts 😂
Well wearing turned down wellingtons.
The good old time beafore safety was a thing 🥰
So is men falling to their deaths leaving their wives without a husband and kids without a father as well as losing a bread winner also a good thing?
PLAY SAFE.
Why wear High visibility when you can wear a suit
Pylon Men [1956]
working class heros
Looks like Brits in the 50s were sharp dressers.
All the money climbers spend on shoes and boots, but it seems a pair of wellies works just fine !!!
Wearing his sunday best climbing up the pylon